When men in the military rape other men in the ranks, no one wants to talk about it. In this week's Newsweek, writer Jesse Ellison proclaims that male-on-male rape is the Pentagon's secret shame and looks at why the sexual assault of males in the service is finally being confronted.

In the staunchly traditional more --------------------------------------------------

A majority of LGBT older adults who answered a national online survey believe that staff of long-term care facilities would discriminate against an LGBT elder who was open about his or her sexual orientation, and more than half believe that staff or other residents would abuse or neglectmore --------------------------------------------------

In December of 2008, Doug Miner, 35, was stuck at home during the snowstorm that made headlines across the nation. Each morning, Doug would wake up and read the news. As luck would have it, he came across an ad asking for American-Norwegians to attend a casting call to learn about their hmore--------------------------------------------------

More than 9 million, according to Williams Institute researcher Gary Gates.

The Williams Institute is a think tank associated with UCLA Law School that studies law and public policy as they relate to sexual orientation and gender imore --------------------------------------------------

Congressman Jim McDermott issues statement on ENDA
'I am an original cosponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act - passing it is critical to moving our country closer to the goal of equal rights for all Americans. Beginning with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we've recognized the importance of ending discrimination in the workplace, and the LGBT community deserves these basic protections. more--------------------------------------------------

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Wal-Mart was acting within both its legal rights and the stated policy of the company when it fired a fundamentalist Christian for harassing a Lesbian employee.

Tanisha Matthews, who worked as an overnight stocker in a Joliet, Imore --------------------------------------------------

On April 4, The Forum on the Military Chaplaincy, a group led by retired military chaplains, filed an amicus curiae brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the Log Cabin Republican's position in their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' more --------------------------------------------------

Remember that jerk Andrew Shirvell, the former Michigan assistant state attorney general? Well, in a case of what goes around comes around, the openly Gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan Shirvell targeted for his blog rants is suing him on charges of stalking anmore --------------------------------------------------

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National NewsDOMA enforcement
in green-card cases
halted, restarted
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on March 28 said it had temporarily suspended enforcement of the Defense of Marriage Act as it applies to U.S. citizens' foreign same-sex spouses.

Then, two days later, the agency said the suspension was over and that it would continue to enforce DOMA againmore

Two brutal murders of Gay men have shocked Mongolia's small LGBT community.

The Mongolia LGBT Center, based in Ulaanbaatar, the country's capital, identified the first victim as 'A Gay male of 40 to 50 years of age who went by the nickname 'S' in the community, a dentist by profesmore-------

Jury selection is scheduled to get underway next month in the murder trial of Brandon McInerney, who is charged with the execution-style killing of a Gay classmate in 2008 that made headlines around the world.

McInerney is charged with killing 15-year-old classmate Lawren more
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